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gots from attacking it. If they do, wash the wound out well 
with lukewarm water and soap, apply the white liniment to 
kill the maggots, fill the wound with green salve and it will 
soon heal. 
3. Fracture of a Leg. 
Causes. — This may be caused in various ways, such as 
being hit by a stone, being kicked, or by getting the foot 
through a hole in the floor and giving the leg a wrench. 
Symptoms. — The pig cannot use its leg in walking. It 
hangs loose. If you take hold of the leg and twist it you can 
hear the ends of the broken bones grating upon each other. 
Treatment. — If a fat pig, and about ready to kill, it is 
best to butcher it. If a pig you desire to save, and the ends 
of the broken bone are not penetrating the skin, try to treat 
it. Take a long bandage, soak it in starch (same as is used 
for starching clothes). When drawing the bandage out of 
the starch, draw it between the fingers and scrape it with a 
knife to get as much of the starch out as you can. It will 
harden quicker. Roll the bandage up so that it will be handy 
to put on the leg, then set the broken bone to its place, and 
apply the bandage moderately tight. After it is on, hold the 
leg and bandage straight until the bandage hardens. It will 
then hold the bone to its place. Keep the pig very quiet and 
feed it so that it will not have to stir about. Leave the 
bandage on for three or four weeks, until the pig can use the 
leg all right, then remove by cutting it off. It the break is in 
the hip, or some place where you cannot bandage it, leave 
the pig in a very quiet place, and sometimes the broken bone 
will knit together itself. 
4. Broken Back. 
This is very often met with in sows when they arc very 
thin and weak after suckling pigs. It happens very easily 
sometimes. A very slight tap on the nose will sometimes 
break a sow's back. Getting hit over the back, slipping, or 
something falling and hitting her over the back will some- 
times cause it. It may occur in other pigs in the same man- 
ner, but they are not so liable to be hurt as weak sows jtt^ 
after weaning the little pigs. 
Symptoms. — All at once she loses power of her hind 
quarters and drags them after her. If you prick the hind 
